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New Vistas in Astronomy General Information Adult Lecture Series Regular Programs
This lecture series meets on one Thursday night each month, and is New Vistas in Astronomy geared toward a more adult audience. It is a "mini-course" in astronomy, in which OSU and OWU professors discuss their current research and any new Specially Scheduled Programs findings in their area of expertise!
Tickets are $10 for each lecture. Tickets for the entire series are available at How to find us a discount.
We have a capacity of 80 guests. Please call us and purchase your ticket in advance. (740)-363-1257
New Vistas in Astronomy 2019 Order Form
2019 Dates All lectures begin at 8pm on a Thursday night unless otherwise noted. Date Theme Lecturer
General Relativity and Gravity Waves - Ripples in the Jan 17th Don Stevens, OWU Structure of Reality
Feb 21st When Stars Collide! Barbara Ryden, OSU
Mar 14th Exoplanets Ji Wang, OSU
Apr 11th Sounding Out the Age of the Galaxy Marc Pinsonneault, OSU
May 9th Why do the Stars Shine? Sultana N. Nahar, OSU
Jun 13th Climate Change on Earth, Mars, and Venus Robert Harmon, OWU
Hidden in Plain Sight: Illuminating the Low Surface Jul 11th Johnny Greco, OSU Brightness Universe with Next Generation Wide-field Surveys
Aug 8th Elemental Stories David Weinberg, OSU
Tracking Them Down - The First Modern All-sky Search for Sep 12th Chris Kochanek, OSU Variable Stars
Oct 10th Georges Lemaitre -- The Holy Father of the Big Bang Chris Orban, OSU
Nov 14th A Century of Eclipsing Binary Stars Don Terndrup, OSU
Dec 12th Black Holes: Monsters of the Cosmos Mike Stamatikos, OSU
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